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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Michael P. McMullen, Leawood, KS (US);

Roger Danforth Bartlett, Merriam, KS (US);

Mark Douglas Peden, Olathe, KS (US);

Raymond Emilio Reeves, Oviedo, FL (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04B 3/36 (2006.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2017.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04B 3/36 (2013.01); H04B 7/04 (2013.01); H04J 11/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless communication network locates User Equipment (UE) that is served by a wireless repeater chain. The wireless repeater chain wirelessly exchanges user data with the UE and wirelessly exchanges the user data with a wireless base station. The wireless base station determines an amount of communication time delay between the UE and the wireless base station over the wireless repeater chain. The wireless base station identifies the wireless repeater in the wireless repeater chain that is wirelessly attached to the UE based on the communication time delay. The wireless base station identifies the geographic location of the UE based on the geographic location of the identified wireless repeater. The wireless base station transfers the geographic location of the UE.


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